122
122
Jul 8, 2011
07/11
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 122
favorite 0
quote 0
murdoch hire apparent james murdoch pulled the plug on the 168-year-old paper earlier after more allegations surfaced. thousands of cell phones have been targeted by murdoch's deputies, including the voicemail of a 13-year-old murder victim as well as the voicemails of families of british soldiers killed in action. the paper is also accused of paying -- paying -- police for information for his part. rupert murdoch avoiding answering questions in idaho. what does this mean for the empire murdoch runs in this great country, the united states of america? here to answer that question and eric bullard. great to have you. how far reaching is this? what do you think? >> it's very far reaching. murdoch was engaged in this nixonian cover-up, and it's been about as successful as the watergate cover-up. he's promoted them, in fact. now it all collapsed like a house of cards this week with this extraordinary exclusive about the murdered girl's phone being hacked, you know, it all fell apart and murdoch doesn't have anywhere to turn. he is in freefall. >> do you think he knew about this? do you think he
murdoch hire apparent james murdoch pulled the plug on the 168-year-old paper earlier after more allegations surfaced. thousands of cell phones have been targeted by murdoch's deputies, including the voicemail of a 13-year-old murder victim as well as the voicemails of families of british soldiers killed in action. the paper is also accused of paying -- paying -- police for information for his part. rupert murdoch avoiding answering questions in idaho. what does this mean for the empire murdoch...
187
187
Jul 14, 2011
07/11
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 187
favorite 0
quote 0
loyal to rupert murdoch, sr., and james murdoch, jr., and for that reason, they are fighting to keep her within the chief executive structure of "news international" within the uk, and the difficulty is that so many people have asked the simple question, if you were editor of a newspaper, when these kinds of things were going on, why did you not know? if you with chief executive of a company, where the editor of a national newspaper was running these kinds of things, why didn't you know? andrea, you and i know that we work for nbc news and msnbc, and when we try to do a story, it is vetted by several layers of management and lawyers and we don't come on a broadcast like this and talk about it unless it is sufficient consideration. how it is possible that this individual knew absolutely nothing? and remember in 2007, when the police first investigated, they said that there was one person, one rogue reporter and about eight people had been hacked. i spoke to someone in the met metropolitan police yesterday who said that more than 4,000 people's phones were hacked since 2005. >> martin
loyal to rupert murdoch, sr., and james murdoch, jr., and for that reason, they are fighting to keep her within the chief executive structure of "news international" within the uk, and the difficulty is that so many people have asked the simple question, if you were editor of a newspaper, when these kinds of things were going on, why did you not know? if you with chief executive of a company, where the editor of a national newspaper was running these kinds of things, why didn't you...
157
157
Jul 14, 2011
07/11
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 157
favorite 0
quote 0
, news corp because they have felt so long they had to deal with murdoch. this is an interesting dynamic, and do you believe that we are seeing the tip of the iceberg here? >> i do. because just anecdotally commonsensically, that it could be one reporter or one investigator or one newspaper. one thing i love to go to the uk about is 7 to 10 dailies in london alone and if you think we relish a free press here in the united states, look at how many they keep afloat, and salaciousness is what keeps fleet street going, and if this is how they have been doing it, the industry deserves a big tumble, and murdoch included. >> michael smerconish in on this hot topic that is not going away. >>> and the suspect accused of the gruesome murder of an-year-old boy makes the first appearance in court, and we are now hearing the details from the chilling confession this man gave to police. >>> plus, secretly revealing the identity of an analyst who helped track down osama bin laden, has been exposed despite attempts to keep him anonymous, and now some are warning of deadly
, news corp because they have felt so long they had to deal with murdoch. this is an interesting dynamic, and do you believe that we are seeing the tip of the iceberg here? >> i do. because just anecdotally commonsensically, that it could be one reporter or one investigator or one newspaper. one thing i love to go to the uk about is 7 to 10 dailies in london alone and if you think we relish a free press here in the united states, look at how many they keep afloat, and salaciousness is...
212
212
Jul 7, 2011
07/11
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 212
favorite 0
quote 0
rupert murdoch surnd pressure from investors as well. companies like ford motor company have pulled some advertising from that paper. >>> let's get a check on business before the bell with simon hobbs. he's live at the new york stock exchange. simon, quite a story in great britain. >> it's phenomenal. absolutely phenomenal. the one thing i would add, just bear in mind because of the structure of british society, rupert murdoch's papers actually are said to win general elexsc n elections. prime minister after prime minister have kept themselves very close to rupert murdoch. blair would fly over to australia to turn up at his editors meetings. murdoch has gotten away with a lot more arguably in the uk because of that political reality, willie. it's really worth bearing that in mind. burdock is everybody's friend there, despite what they say in public. >> i guess the share prices of news corp went down 3.5% yesterday on this news. >> although they were very powerful and still are very powerful, it's still a small profit center. the fox busi
rupert murdoch surnd pressure from investors as well. companies like ford motor company have pulled some advertising from that paper. >>> let's get a check on business before the bell with simon hobbs. he's live at the new york stock exchange. simon, quite a story in great britain. >> it's phenomenal. absolutely phenomenal. the one thing i would add, just bear in mind because of the structure of british society, rupert murdoch's papers actually are said to win general elexsc n...
128
128
Jul 8, 2011
07/11
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 128
favorite 0
quote 0
the rupert murdoch publication was under fire or allegedly hacking into voicemails of people who had been murdered, believe it or not. the final straw might have been this indictment from prime minister david cameron. >> i feel so appalled, murder victims, terrorist victims with their phone hacked is disgraceful. >> the concerted party going after murdoch. wow. news of the world in print for 16 world. currently britain the biggest sunday publication. the end of that is no loss to humanity. >>> stateside, tim plenty goes gaga. with bloggers in iowa i. have a question for you guys. are you ready? >> we're ready. >> what's your favorite lady gaga song? >> that's easy. >> "glory ". >> "glory." >> "paparazzi ". >> in terms of the beat, i like "bad romance ". i got to say, even though she's a little unusual, "born this way" -- she's actually talented. go to the end of the lady gaga hbo special and watch her sing a cappella, "born this way" she can definitely sing. she's talented. if you had to limit your choices to just conservatives we wouldn't have a lot of choices. >> wow. republican po
the rupert murdoch publication was under fire or allegedly hacking into voicemails of people who had been murdered, believe it or not. the final straw might have been this indictment from prime minister david cameron. >> i feel so appalled, murder victims, terrorist victims with their phone hacked is disgraceful. >> the concerted party going after murdoch. wow. news of the world in print for 16 world. currently britain the biggest sunday publication. the end of that is no loss to...
231
231
Jul 8, 2011
07/11
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 231
favorite 0
quote 0
at age 80, murdoch's reputation has been shaken. >> the reports that this is the end of murdoch or the death of murdoch in a business sense are are probably overstated, but it does give one pause to see a scandal of this proportion really spiral out of control. >> reporter: hacking the phones of celebrities and politicians was one thing, but harvesting the grieving voice mails of ordinary people dealing with tragedy triggered an explosion of revulsion that could not be contained. >> that was nbc's mike taibbi reporting. police also say the paper's editor in chief andy coal son has been arrested. he's also the former communications chief for david cameron who has announced a public inquirely and called for new regulation of the press. >>> up next, michele bachmann admits she doesn't know much about lady gaga, but you might be surprised which gop candidate does. we'll be right back. ka. >>> i have a question for you guys. >> already. >> are you ready? >> what's your favorite lady gaga song? >> in tiers of the beat, i like "bad romance." i've got to say even though she's a little unusual,
at age 80, murdoch's reputation has been shaken. >> the reports that this is the end of murdoch or the death of murdoch in a business sense are are probably overstated, but it does give one pause to see a scandal of this proportion really spiral out of control. >> reporter: hacking the phones of celebrities and politicians was one thing, but harvesting the grieving voice mails of ordinary people dealing with tragedy triggered an explosion of revulsion that could not be contained....
279
279
Jul 14, 2011
07/11
by
MSNBC
tv
eye 279
favorite 0
quote 0
. >>> media mogul rupert murdoch and his son james have bowed to pressure. they will appear before parliament on the hacking scandal. rebecca brooks agreed to testify but the murdochs initially balked. some u.s. lawmakers are also calling for federal investigations into allegations news corp journalists hacked into the voice mail accounts of september 11th victims. senator robert menendez, a new jersey democrat, wrote to attorney general eric holder saying the possibility this happened is quote, horrifying. republican congressman peter king of new york described the alleged hacking as unjustifiable and parasitic. has news international responded to the 9/11 allegations? >> yes, they have. it's really important to point out that this stems from a report in a tabloid article last sunday here in the uk. in that report there was an unnamed source that spoke to an unnamed former police officer who alleges that he was approached by "news of the world" to tap the victims' phones from 9/11 and he said he denied it. very, very thin but it has gained some traction and
. >>> media mogul rupert murdoch and his son james have bowed to pressure. they will appear before parliament on the hacking scandal. rebecca brooks agreed to testify but the murdochs initially balked. some u.s. lawmakers are also calling for federal investigations into allegations news corp journalists hacked into the voice mail accounts of september 11th victims. senator robert menendez, a new jersey democrat, wrote to attorney general eric holder saying the possibility this happened...